Isro filed a patent every 15 days on avg in 2021-22

The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro), which had a relatively quiet year 0021-20) so far as space launches were concerned, had been working on unique, cutting edge technologies and processes its name throughout the year: Data from the space agency shows that its personnel from across centres filed 25 patents at the rate of one every 15 days in the said period. The agency also filed five fresh copyright applications. Ason date, faro has 178 active patents, 71 copyrights and 13 trademarks to its name.

Comparatively, Isro had filed 19 patents and one copy right application in 2020-21. At the end of that fiscal, Isro had 144 active patents 66 copyrights and 13 trade- marks Sudheer Kamar N. di- rector, Isro Capacity Building Programme Office (CBPO), told TOI: "Develop ing new technologies has been an integral part of Isro which has enabled us to be self-sufficient in all aspects of space activity As with any or ganisation, the more we grow, the more we do and this is reflected even in the patent numbers. Aside from developing technologies and proeesses, Isro has been more actively transferring technolo gies to the private industry in the past few years. Nearly 400 technologies have been transferred.